{"data":{"id":"us/49-cfr-1515.3","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"49 CFR 1515.3","heading":"Terms used in this part.","body":"The terms used in 49 CFR parts 1500, 1540, 1570, and 1572 also apply in this part. In addition, the following terms are used in this part:\nAdministrative law judge means an administrative law judge appointed pursuant to the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 3105.\nApplicant means an individual who has applied for one of the security threat assessments identified in 49 CFR 1515.1. This includes an individual who previously applied for and was found to meet the standards for the security threat assessment but TSA later determined that the individual poses a security threat.\nDate of service means—\n(1) In the case of personal service, the date of personal delivery to the residential address listed on the application;\n(2) In the case of mailing with a certificate of service, the date shown on the certificate of service;\n(3) In the case of mailing and there is no certificate of service, 10 days from the date mailed to the address designated on the application as the mailing address;\n(4) In the case of mailing with no certificate of service or postmark, the date mailed to the address designated on the application as the mailing address shown by other evidence; or\n(5) The date on which an electronic transmission occurs.\nFinal Agency Order means an order issued by the TSA Final Decision Maker.\nDecision denying a review of a waiver means a document issued by an administrative law judge denying a waiver requested under 49 CFR 1515.7.\nMail includes U.S. mail, or use of an express courier service.\nParty means the applicant or the agency attorney.\nPersonal delivery includes hand-delivery or use of a contract or express messenger service, but does not include the use of Government interoffice mail service.\nProperly addressed means a document that shows an address contained in agency records, a residential, business, or other address submitted by a person on any document provided under this subpart, or any other address shown by other reasonable and available means.\nSubstantial Evidence means such relevant evidence as a reasonable person might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.\nSecurity threat assessment means the threat assessment for which the applicant has applied, as described in 49 CFR 1515.1.\nTSA Final Decision Maker means the Administrator, acting in the capacity of the decision maker on appeal, or any person to whom the Administrator has delegated the Administrator's decision-making authority. As used in this subpart, the TSA Final Decision Maker is the official authorized to issue a final decision and order of the Administrator.","path":["Title 49—Transportation","Subtitle B—Other Regulations Relating to Transportation","CHAPTER XII—TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","SUBCHAPTER A—ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROCEDURAL RULES","PART 1515—APPEAL AND WAIVER PROCEDURES FOR SECURITY THREAT ASSESSMENTS FOR INDIVIDUALS"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-49.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:34Z","sha256":"e73f7d690770b7e3b79a51367a9417c6fc252d978e098512f5432412ab3ce59a","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/49-cfr-1515.1","next":"us/49-cfr-1515.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}